Life History And The Irish Migrant Experience In Post War England

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Life history and the Irish migrant experience in post-war England

Author : Barry Hazley
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526128020
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Life history and the Irish migrant experience in post-war England written by Barry Hazley and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role does memory play in migrants’ adaption to the emotional challenges of migration? How are migrant selfhoods remade in relation to changing cultural myths? This book, the first to apply Popular Memory Theory to the Irish Diaspora, opens new lines of critical enquiry within scholarship on the Irish in modern Britain. Combining innovative use of migrant life histories with cultural representations of the post-war Irish experience, it interrogates the interaction between lived experience, personal memory and cultural myth to further understanding of the work of memory in the production of migrant subjectivities. Based on richly contextualised case studies addressing experiences of emigration, urban life, work, religion, and the Troubles in England, chapters shed new light on the collective fantasies of post-war migrants and the circumstances that formed them, as well as the cultural and personal dynamics of subjective change over the life course. At the core of the book lie the processes by which migrants ‘recompose’ the self as part of ongoing efforts to adapt to the transition between cultures and places. Life history and the Irish migrant experience offers a fresh perspective on the significance of England’s largest post-war migrant group for current debates on identity and difference in contemporary Britain. Integrating historical, cultural and psychological perspectives in an innovative way, it will be essential reading for academics and students researching modern British and Irish social and cultural history, ethnic and migration studies, oral history and memory studies, cultural studies and human geography.

The Irish in Post-War Britain

Author : Enda Delaney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199276676
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book The Irish in Post-War Britain written by Enda Delaney and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-20 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating portrait of Britain's oldest migrant group combines rich historical detail with penetrating insights into the everyday experiences of the Irish who made Britain their home after 1945. The Irish in Post-war Britain reconstructs, with both empathy and imagination, the lives of the generation who left Ireland in huge numbers to work in Britain during the 1940s and 1950s. Its original approach demonstrates that any understanding of a migrant group must take account of both elements of the society that they had left as well as the social landscape of their new country, and explores the ethnic diversity of post-war Britain.

Lovers and Strangers

Author : Clair Wills
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141974966
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Lovers and Strangers written by Clair Wills and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 'Generous and empathetic ... opens up postwar migration in all its richness' Sukhdev Sandhu, Guardian 'Groundbreaking, sophisticated, original, open-minded ... essential reading for anyone who wants to understand not only the transformation of British society after the war but also its character today' Piers Brendon, Literary Review 'Lyrical, full of wise and original observations' David Goodhart, The Times The battered and exhausted Britain of 1945 was desperate for workers - to rebuild, to fill the factories, to make the new NHS work. From all over the world and with many motives, thousands of individuals took the plunge. Most assumed they would spend just three or four years here, sending most of their pay back home, but instead large numbers stayed - and transformed the country. Drawing on an amazing array of unusual and surprising sources, Clair Wills' wonderful new book brings to life the incredible diversity and strangeness of the migrant experience. She introduces us to lovers, scroungers, dancers, homeowners, teachers, drinkers, carers and many more to show the opportunities and excitement as much as the humiliation and poverty that could be part of the new arrivals' experience. Irish, Bengalis, West Indians, Poles, Maltese, Punjabis and Cypriots battled to fit into an often shocked Britain and, to their own surprise, found themselves making permanent homes. As Britain picked itself up again in the 1950s migrants set about changing life in their own image, through music, clothing, food, religion, but also fighting racism and casual and not so casual violence. Lovers and Strangers is an extremely important book, one that is full of enjoyable surprises, giving a voice to a generation who had to deal with the reality of life surrounded by 'white strangers' in their new country.

The Irish in Victorian Britain

Author : Roger Swift
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Irish in Victorian Britain written by Roger Swift and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates the diversity of the Irish experience by reference to studies of specific towns and regions which have hitherto received little attention from historians of the Irish in Britain during the Victorian period.

Spiritualism and British Society Between the Wars

Author : Jenny Hazelgrove
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719055591
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Spiritualism and British Society Between the Wars written by Jenny Hazelgrove and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-02 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians of modern British culture have long assumed that under pressure from secular forces, interest in spiritualism had faded by the end of the Great War. Jenny Hazelgrove challenges this assumption and shows how spiritualism grew between the wars and became part of the fabric of popular culture. This book provides a fascinating and lively insight into an alternative culture that flourished--and continues to flourish--alongside more conventional outlets for spiritual beliefs and needs.

Irish Migrants in Modern Wales

Author : Paul O'Leary
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780853238584
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (385 download)

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Download or read book Irish Migrants in Modern Wales written by Paul O'Leary and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays, the contributors to this volume describe the experiences of Irish migrants who moved to Wales. The essays also examine in depth the social and cultural impact the Irish immigrants made on the country.

Ten Pound Poms

Author : A. James Hammerton
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719071331
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Ten Pound Poms written by A. James Hammerton and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-06 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors draw upon a rich life history archive of letters, diaries, personal photographs and oral history interviews with former migrants, including those who settled in Australia and those who returned to Britain. They offer original interpretations of key historical themes, including motivations for emigration; gender relations and the family dynamics of migration; the 'very familiar and awfully strange' confrontation with the new world; the anguish of homesickness and return; and the personal and national identities of both settlers and returnees, fifty years on. --book cover.

Gendering Migration

Author : Wendy Webster
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351934333
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Gendering Migration written by Wendy Webster and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gendering Migration demonstrates the significance of studying migration through the lens of gender and ethnicity and the contribution this perspective makes to migration histories. Through a consideration of the impact of migration on men and masculine identities as well as women and feminine identities, it extends our understanding of questions of gender and migration, focusing on the history of migration to Britain after the Second World War. The volume draws on oral narratives as well as documentary and archival research to demonstrate the important role played by gender and ethnicity, both in ideas and images of migrants and in migrants' own experiences. The contributors consider a range of migrant and refugee groups who came to Britain in the twentieth century: Caribbean, East-African Asian, German, Greek, Irish, Kurdish, Pakistani, Polish and Spanish. The fresh interpretations offered here make this an important new book for scholars and students of migration, ethnicity, gender and modern British history.

Immigrants as outsiders in the two Irelands

Author : Bryan Fanning
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526140918
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Immigrants as outsiders in the two Irelands written by Bryan Fanning and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigrants as outsiders in the two Irelands examines how a wide range of immigrant groups who settled in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland since the 1990s are faring today. It asks to what extent might different immigrant communities be understood as outsiders in both jurisdictions. Chapters include analyses of the specific experiences of Polish, Filipino, Muslim, African, Roma, refugee and asylum seeker populations and of the experiences of children, as well as analyses of the impacts of education, health, employment, housing, immigration law, asylum policy, the media and the contemporary politics of borders and migration on successful integration. The book is aimed at general readers interested in understanding immigration and social change and at students in areas including sociology, social policy, human geography, politics, law and psychology.

Irish Soccer Migrants

Author : Conor Curran
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782052197
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Irish Soccer Migrants written by Conor Curran and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the experiences and achievement levels of Irish-born post-war soccer migrants to Britain. It draws on interviews with thirty Irish-born soccer players, each of whom has played league soccer in England or Scotland, using two players each from the Republic and Northern Ireland per decade. This is the first book to use these migrants as a quantitative source, and to illustrate their experiences. It draws on extensive research conducted through a database of every Irish born player who played league soccer in England or Scotland between 1945 and 2010. An examination of the birthplaces of these players is offered along with the reasons for their geographical diversity. It discusses their childhood influences and assesses the recruitment process and identifies the clubs which have produced the most players. The impact of the Northern Ireland Troubles on the migration of Northern Ireland-born players is discussed while the attitudes of a number of players to this are assessed. An assessment of their working conditions and the culture of professional soccer is given while the book also examines the changing nature of the post-playing careers of these players. In locating the study of Irish soccer migrants within the study of Irish migration to Britain and comparing the experience of Irish-born soccer players with those from other nations, this book is the first of its kind.

OCR GCSE History SHP: Migrants to Britain 1250 to Present

Author : Martin Spafford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781471860140
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book OCR GCSE History SHP: Migrants to Britain 1250 to Present written by Martin Spafford and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-27 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let SHP successfully steer you through their new specification with an exciting, enquiry-based series that invigorates teaching and learning; combining best practice principles and worthwhile tasks to develop students' high-level historical knowledge and skills. - Tackle unfamiliar topics from the broadened curriculum with confidence: the engaging, accessible text covers the content you need for teacher-led lessons and independent study - Ease the transition to GCSE: step-by-step enquiries inspired by best practice in KS3 help to simplify lesson planning and ensure continuous progression within and across units - Build the knowledge and understanding students need to succeed: the scaffolded three-part task structure enables students to record, reflect on and review their learning - Boost student performance across the board: suitably challenging tasks encourage high achievers to excel at GCSE while clear explanations make key concepts accessible to all - Rediscover your enthusiasm for source work: a range of purposeful, intriguing visual and written source material is embedded at the heart of each investigation to enhance understanding - Develop students' sense of period: the visually stimulating text design uses memorable case studies, diagrams, infographics and contemporary photos to bring fascinating events and people to life About this book Migrants to Britain is a brand new topic for GCSE History investigating 800 years of British immigration. It examines the reasons for immigration and the impact of immigration on Britain and its Empire. This textbook is SHP's official text for this thematic unit providing comprehensive coverage of the content through an enquiry approach. It is written by Martin Spafford and Dan Lyndon who are both closely involved in BASA - the Black and Asian Studies Association who have led the development of this unit of the new SHP specification. The book is edited by the current Director of the Schools History Project Michael Riley and former History adviser for Devon, Jamie Byrom. Both Michael and Jamie have been driving the development of the new SHP specification, writing the content and the specimen assessment material.

City of Dreams

Author : Tyler Anbinder
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0544103858
Total Pages : 771 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book City of Dreams written by Tyler Anbinder and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 771 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By an acclaimed historian, a sweeping history of the peoples who have come to New York for four centuries: a defining American story of millions of immigrants, hundreds of languages, and one great city. New York has been America’s city of immigrants for nearly four centuries. Growing from Peter Minuit’s tiny settlement of 1626 to a clamorous metropolis with more than three million immigrants today, the city has always been a magnet for transplants from all over the globe. City of Dreams is the long-overdue, inspiring, and defining account of New York’s immigrants, both famous and forgotten: the young man from the Caribbean who relocated to New York and became a founding father; Russian-born Emma Goldman, who condoned the murder of American industrialists as a means of aiding downtrodden workers; Dominican immigrant Oscar de la Renta, who dressed first ladies from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama. Over ten years in the making, Tyler Anbinder’s story is one of innovators and artists, revolutionaries and rioters, staggering deprivation and soaring triumphs. In so many ways, today’s immigrants are just like those who came to America in centuries past—and their stories have never before been told with such breadth of scope, lavish research, and resounding spirit. "Told brilliantly, even unforgettably...An American story, one that belongs to all of us."—Boston Globe “A richly textured guide to the history of our immigrant nation’s pinnacle immigrant city has managed to enter the stage during an election season that has resurrected this historically fraught topic in all its fierceness.”—New York Times Book Review

The Best Are Leaving

Author : Clair Wills
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107048400
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Best Are Leaving written by Clair Wills and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clair Wills's The Best Are Leaving is a study of representations of Irish emigrant culture and of Irish immigrants in Britain.

The Irish in Illinois

Author : Mathieu W. Billings
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809338009
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Irish in Illinois written by Mathieu W. Billings and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first statewide history of the Irish in the Prairie State Today over a million people in Illinois claim Irish ancestry and celebrate their love for Ireland. In this concise narrative history, authors Mathieu W. Billings and Sean Farrell bring together both familiar and unheralded stories of the Irish in Illinois, highlighting the critical roles these immigrants and their descendants played in the settlement and the making of the Prairie State. Short biographies and twenty-eight photographs vividly illustrate the significance and diversity of Irish contributions to Illinois. Billings and Farrell remind us of the countless ways Irish men and women have shaped the history and culture of the state. They fought in the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the Civil War, and two world wars; built the state’s infrastructure and worked in its factories; taught Illinois children and served the poor. Irish political leaders helped to draw up the state’s first constitution, served in city, county, and state offices, and created a machine that dominated twentieth-century politics in Chicago and the state. This lively history adds to our understanding of the history of the Irish in the state over the past two hundred fifty years. Illinoisans and Midwesterners celebrating their connections to Ireland will treasure this rich and important account of the state’s history.

Drafting the Irish Free State Constitution

Author : Laura Cahillane
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526100193
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Drafting the Irish Free State Constitution written by Laura Cahillane and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an account of the drafting of the Irish Free Constitution of 1922, analysing the document in its historical context and exploring the reasons for its lack of success

Britain's Rural Muslims

Author : Sarah Hackett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781526110152
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Britain's Rural Muslims written by Sarah Hackett and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book exposes the benefits of shifting academic attention away from the major conurbations of Muslim settlement, and reveals how a more rural county with relatively small Muslim populations also has a role to play in wider debates on Britain's multicultural society.

Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Kevin Kenny
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199858608
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction written by Kevin Kenny and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does diaspora mean? Until quite recently, the word had a specific and restricted meaning, referring principally to the dispersal and exile of the Jews. But since the 1960s, the term diaspora has proliferated to a remarkable extent, to the point where it is now applied to migrants of almost every kind. This Very Short Introduction explains where the concept of diaspora came from, how its meaning changed over time, why its usage has expanded so dramatically in recent years, and how it can both clarify and distort the nature of migration. Kevin Kenny highlights the strength of diaspora as a mode of explanation, focusing on three key elements--movement, connectivity, and return--and illustrating his argument with examples drawn from Jewish, Armenian, African, Irish, and Asian diasporas. He shows that diaspora is not simply a synonym for the movement of people. Its explanatory power is greatest when people believe that their departure was forced rather than voluntary. Thus diaspora would not really explain most of the Irish migration to America, but it does shed light on the migration compelled by the Great Famine. Kenny also describes how migrants and their descendants develop diasporic cultures abroad--regardless of the form their migration takes--based on their connections with a homeland, real or imagined, and with people of common origin in other parts of the world. Finally, most conceptions of diaspora feature the dream of a return to a homeland, even when this yearning does not involve an actual physical relocation. About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.